Note: Enabling mouse gestures while using a Magic Mouse or trackpad can cause unpredictable behavior.

Mouse gestures work by holding the right mouse button, moving the mouse a certain direction, then letting go of the button. With practice, navigating with the mouse can become fast and efficient.

Navigation

Action

Gesture

Go back one page

Move left

Go forward one page

Move right

Open a new tab

Move down

Reload the page

Move up, then down

Close current tab

Move down, then right

Rocker gestures

When you enable rocker gestures, you can navigate backwards and forwards through pages by rocking your fingers between the right and left mouse buttons. Simply click and hold one button, click the other, then release the first before releasing the second. With a little practice, you can speed through this gesture.

To enable or disable rocker gestures:

Select Settings from the main menu.

Click Browser in the sidebar.

Under Shortcuts, tick the Enable rocker gestures checkbox.

Rock right to left to navigate backward, and left to right to navigate forward.

Note: Enabling rocker gestures while using a Magic Mouse or trackpad can cause unpredictable behavior.

Navigate faster with keyboard shortcuts

You can browse a lot faster using the keyboard. Here's an overview of the available keyboard shortcuts:

Browser

Action

Shortcut

Open Downloads page

Ctrl+J

Open Extensions page

Ctrl+Shift ⇧+E

Open help

F1

Open History page

Ctrl+H

Open local file

Ctrl+O

Open location

Ctrl+L

Open main menu

Alt+F

Open Settings page

Alt+P

Print current page

Ctrl+P

Quit Opera

Ctrl+Q

Save a page locally

Ctrl+S

Find

Action

Shortcut

Find on page

Ctrl+F

Find next

Ctrl+G

Find previous

Ctrl+Shift ⇧+G

Navigation

Action

Shortcut

Cycle forward through page elements

Tab ⇥

Cycle back through page elements

Shift ⇧+Tab ⇥

Go forward one page

Alt+→

Go back one page

Alt+←

Go to bottom of page

End

Go to top of page

Home

Page down

Page Down or Space

Page up

Page Up or Shift ⇧+Space

Reload the current page

Ctrl+R

View current page source

Ctrl+U

Tabs and Windows

Action

Shortcut

Close current tab

Ctrl+W

Close current window

Alt+F4

Cycle forward through open tabs

Ctrl+Tab ⇥

Cycle back through open tabs

Ctrl+Shift ⇧+Tab ⇥

Cycle through open windows

Alt+Tab ⇥

Minimize a window

Windows+M

Open new tab

Ctrl+T

Open new window

Ctrl+N

Open new private window

Ctrl+Shift ⇧+N

Reopen last closed tab

Ctrl+Shift ⇧+T

Toggle tab list

Ctrl+M

View previous active tab

Ctrl+`

Text

Action

Shortcut

Copy

Ctrl+C

Cut

Ctrl+X

Paste

Ctrl+V

Select all

Ctrl+A

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Redo

Ctrl+Shift ⇧+Z

Zoom

Action

Shortcut

Enter full-screen mode

F11

Zoom in

+

Zoom out

-

Reset zoom to 100%

Ctrl+0

Advanced keyboard shortcuts

Single-key and alternatively-configured shortcuts are available by enabling advanced keyboard shortcuts. To do this: